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the 12 point lead over mitt romney romney. how bad is this for the romney campaign? he is a genius behind the 538 blog. welcome, you are a genius. you have an extraordinary grasp. with this book, the of just question to you, 41 day to go, who is going to win? >> we have a think like a gambleler and we have an 80% favorite. that number has been going up. we actually had it first begin to peak after the conventions but since romney's 47% comments we have his 47% win. you talked about the polls are maybe some of the best numbers we have seen for obama in any state that we have seen. almost all of the swing states that you have looked at. jimmy carter has been doing pretty well. what should we see in these polls. what is the reality of their value? >> right now obama in the polls is at 53%. it means it is not good enough for romney to pick up the undecided voters. which might mean like a crisis and you rup. the bullish sign has been in the stock market which has been getting jittery like spain and europe. romney is running out of time like routine things like the debate.
the 12 point lead over mitt romney romney. how bad is this for the romney campaign? he is a genius behind the 538 blog. welcome, you are a genius. you have an extraordinary grasp. with this book, the of just question to you, 41 day to go, who is going to win? >> we have a think like a gambleler and we have an 80% favorite. that number has been going up. we actually had it first begin to peak after the conventions but since romney's 47% comments we have his 47% win. you talked about the...
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mitt romney has been a severely conservative candidate for president. now that he notices that the policies could make sure he does not have is a chance of being elected, he is trying to hide who he is and what he stands for. we won't let him get away with it. >> when it comes to trust, though, we're watching the hearings on the libya attack. and there is no doubt, now, there is an issue on the trust with the white house and the statements that came out from the various ambassadors and so on, what do you make it? what it a scandal? should heads roll? >> well, first of all, piers, president obama knew ambassador chris stevens, knew him personally and was s appreciative of his work. as president of the united states, that diplomat core works for him. and he nominates those ambassadors. so what we need to do when the united states has been attacked, when the americans have been killed while serving our country, we don't need to have mitt romney and the republicans in congress taking their first instinct, being to take cheap political shots -- >> hold on a
mitt romney has been a severely conservative candidate for president. now that he notices that the policies could make sure he does not have is a chance of being elected, he is trying to hide who he is and what he stands for. we won't let him get away with it. >> when it comes to trust, though, we're watching the hearings on the libya attack. and there is no doubt, now, there is an issue on the trust with the white house and the statements that came out from the various ambassadors and so...
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romney: "it's time to stand up to the cheaters" vo: tough on china? not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs... it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinner
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and also all about mitt romney and his taxes. but first, let's send it back to john avlon to get some other headlines we're watching tonight. >> syrian rebel forces have taken some control of some iraqi border closings. a senior iraqi army official tells cnn rebels have control of the the two main border posts, along with seven other smaller security points. iraqi security forces have increased their military presence due to the instability in syria along the border. according to an opposition group, 217 people were killed in syrian violence today. >>> we're learning new detils about yahoo! ceo marissa mayer's pay. it amounts to $83,000 a month with a potential $2 million a year in bonuses. she also gets $14 million to compensate her for what she gave up when she left google. $1 million in stocks and options. and a retention reward. $30 million in stocks and options that will vest over five years. it gives her a total five year pay package of $71 million. and could potentially be worth more than $100 million if she hits performan
and also all about mitt romney and his taxes. but first, let's send it back to john avlon to get some other headlines we're watching tonight. >> syrian rebel forces have taken some control of some iraqi border closings. a senior iraqi army official tells cnn rebels have control of the the two main border posts, along with seven other smaller security points. iraqi security forces have increased their military presence due to the instability in syria along the border. according to an...
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romney's waffling. we're spending $2 billion a week in afghanistan. $2 billion to spend in any of these american cities. $100 billion a year. i think there's a way, this sort of hesitancy on romney's part could be an economic issue. but i don't think that some of these other issues with regard to the economy, like china, that has not been discussed well enough in the lead up. i think there's a big discussion to be had about china. i don't think romney is as credible. >> candy crowley is going to tell us what is going on behind the scenes at a debate right now. she knows from her experiences, plus, bill clinton's advised the next president about avoiding another disaster. first, another debate flashback. >>> the republican nominee and governor michael dukakis. >> governor, if kitty were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer? >> no, i don't and i think you know i've proposed the death penalty. >> losing that passion at that moment may have hurt him clearly in that
romney's waffling. we're spending $2 billion a week in afghanistan. $2 billion to spend in any of these american cities. $100 billion a year. i think there's a way, this sort of hesitancy on romney's part could be an economic issue. but i don't think that some of these other issues with regard to the economy, like china, that has not been discussed well enough in the lead up. i think there's a big discussion to be had about china. i don't think romney is as credible. >> candy crowley is...
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. >> what he could say to mitt romney? >> if he's going double down on the 47% remark, it will cause difficulties. we know the overwhelming number of those people work and have children. >> president obama and the economy. how is he managed to avoid public retribution for not fixing the economy? >> it's not a normal thing. >> the extraordinary work of a clinton initiative. >> keep pushing the rocks up the hill. >> big ideas from the big names. dee pock chopra, things get lively at the global initiative. you want to make farming sexy, don't you? this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> mr. president, thank you very much for sparing the time to talk to me. you are in the eighth year now, of the clinton global initiative. i would imagine all the world leaders you managed to amass here, there are a few topics of concentrated attention. probably right at the top of the list would be this simmering tension between israel and iran. now, i interviewed president ahmadinejad last night and he was adamant that he has no plan to build a nu
. >> what he could say to mitt romney? >> if he's going double down on the 47% remark, it will cause difficulties. we know the overwhelming number of those people work and have children. >> president obama and the economy. how is he managed to avoid public retribution for not fixing the economy? >> it's not a normal thing. >> the extraordinary work of a clinton initiative. >> keep pushing the rocks up the hill. >> big ideas from the big names. dee pock...
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it's not all bad news for governor romney. in florida, if you look at older voters, they tend to be more reliable. these are voters 50 and older. 54% support governor romney on taxes and 42% for president obama. so jobs is a number one, but taxes a subset, at the moment, advantage to the president. >> governor romney has been criticized for not laying out enough specifics in the tax plan, particularly what loopholes he would close to cut taxes for the wealthy by 20%. how has the campaign been responding to that? >> mitt romney has suggested on a number of occasions that he would limit some of the mortgage deductions nor high end earners and close some loopholes, but he's not specified as to how he would exactly do all of that. so you're right, he has said these things and his campaign has not filled in the blanks. over the weekend, paul ryan said something interesting. he gave unexplanation, that is they want to do to the congress in a romney administration and present a frame work for lawmakers to come up with a plan to adher
it's not all bad news for governor romney. in florida, if you look at older voters, they tend to be more reliable. these are voters 50 and older. 54% support governor romney on taxes and 42% for president obama. so jobs is a number one, but taxes a subset, at the moment, advantage to the president. >> governor romney has been criticized for not laying out enough specifics in the tax plan, particularly what loopholes he would close to cut taxes for the wealthy by 20%. how has the campaign...
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mitt romney? >> that's not the issue, to me. i think he will -- i think he's principled in the sense that he will keep the commitments that he has made. almost all people when they run for president make a number of commitments. when they get elected, almost all presidents since modern studies have been done, the last seven or eight presidents, make an exceptional effort to do what they said they were going to do. when there's an exception to that, there's normally an overwhelming reason. abraham lincoln promised not to free the slaves. we're glad he didn't. reagan promised to balance the budget. we're glad he didn't try. almost every other president may have one smaller issue. but, by and large, they all do what they said they were going to do. yes, i think we should assume that he will be principled on that. he knows what he promised to do in the primary. and what he said in the general has been consistent with that. we should assume that is what he would do. >> under normal circumstances, the incumbent president with 8.2% une
mitt romney? >> that's not the issue, to me. i think he will -- i think he's principled in the sense that he will keep the commitments that he has made. almost all people when they run for president make a number of commitments. when they get elected, almost all presidents since modern studies have been done, the last seven or eight presidents, make an exceptional effort to do what they said they were going to do. when there's an exception to that, there's normally an overwhelming reason....
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romney got back to "town & country" and said you are wrong. his $3,000 tag is a $300 nixon watch and we heard back from the president's team he said he had a watch from the secret serv a . >>> on that neat -- note, here is piers morgan. >>> tonight, romney, gaining in poll after poll. >>> by the way, i think paul ryan will do great. >> could joe biden versus paul ryan do well? background america, the administration in the hot seat over the deadly attack in libya. >> it was a terrorist attack. let's be honest about it. >> mitt romney charged with flip-flopping again on abortion. >> i'll be a pro life president. >> frank bruni, my all-star candidate, going toe to toe. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening, 27 days to go until the election, look where we stand tonight, on the latest cnn polls, 47% for mitt romney, 47% for president obama. anything could happen in this race, shows you how high the stakes are going into the presidential debate. preparations are under way in danville, kentucky, and joe biden is getting ready for preparati
romney got back to "town & country" and said you are wrong. his $3,000 tag is a $300 nixon watch and we heard back from the president's team he said he had a watch from the secret serv a . >>> on that neat -- note, here is piers morgan. >>> tonight, romney, gaining in poll after poll. >>> by the way, i think paul ryan will do great. >> could joe biden versus paul ryan do well? background america, the administration in the hot seat over the deadly...
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i think mitt romney would deliver a big mess sagage. he would sit down and discussion what tr he ha to ke a critical decision. he has to decide whether for the sake o h natn he is entitlith a discussion with pridt abou th so they can get it straight. bob woodward's book is true. >> we have to discuss it. >> coming up, the avalanche that killed at least 8 people. >> i'm like this isn't going to hit us. we picked a good spot. we are in a safe zone. and the next thing you know we felt a slap almost. they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ ♪ ♪ one, two, three, four ♪ you say ♪ flip it over and replay ♪ we'll make everything okay ♪ walk together the right way ♪ do, do, do, do syou know, i've helped a lot off people save a lot of money. but today...( sfx: lou
i think mitt romney would deliver a big mess sagage. he would sit down and discussion what tr he ha to ke a critical decision. he has to decide whether for the sake o h natn he is entitlith a discussion with pridt abou th so they can get it straight. bob woodward's book is true. >> we have to discuss it. >> coming up, the avalanche that killed at least 8 people. >> i'm like this isn't going to hit us. we picked a good spot. we are in a safe zone. and the next thing you know we...
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the romney campaign, $86 million raised. the pro romney super pac, $41 million. and american crossroads, affiliate with karl rove, $58.7 million. so you can add that up and get a big number or say if karl rove doesn't like how mitt romney does tomorrow night, he could give a lot of that $60 million, the biggest chunk of change, to, i don't know, senate candidates, congressional candidates, and not romney. >> that's right, erin. there are a lot of republicans and democrats who are very closely watching what these outside groups -- and it's not just the super pacs we have the money for and the finances. but also these 5014 c nonprofit groups raising a ton more money, the karl rove gps, the koch brothers, americans for prosperity. and there is a feeling that if mitt romney starts to look like he can't win, that they will pull the plug on him, and start diverting the money that they otherwise would have spent on his campaign, on congressional campaigns, and that really underscores the difference between these sort of post citizens united elections where the power and
the romney campaign, $86 million raised. the pro romney super pac, $41 million. and american crossroads, affiliate with karl rove, $58.7 million. so you can add that up and get a big number or say if karl rove doesn't like how mitt romney does tomorrow night, he could give a lot of that $60 million, the biggest chunk of change, to, i don't know, senate candidates, congressional candidates, and not romney. >> that's right, erin. there are a lot of republicans and democrats who are very...
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romney's doing just fine. he needs to talk about the unemployment which is very problematic, $5 trillion in debt, more money for solyndra and bailouts. the wasted money, all of that stuff, and focus because chicago gave us this opportunity, on the president's position towards the education of small children. first thing that this president did when he came to washington, d.c. was kill the opportunity for washington, d.c. young kids to have scholarships to go to private schools. he killed a program for 1600 people and that is exactly the wrong thing to do. we should be giving those kids an opportunity, took a republican congress to make him put it back into place. what chicago tells us, what the failures of the teachers union tell us is that when obama chose between young poor kids in washington, d.c. and the teachers union, it didn't take him 20 seconds to side with the teachers union bosses. this is not a guy interested in helping giving people a hand up. he's beholden to the unions and to the union leadershi
romney's doing just fine. he needs to talk about the unemployment which is very problematic, $5 trillion in debt, more money for solyndra and bailouts. the wasted money, all of that stuff, and focus because chicago gave us this opportunity, on the president's position towards the education of small children. first thing that this president did when he came to washington, d.c. was kill the opportunity for washington, d.c. young kids to have scholarships to go to private schools. he killed a...
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this isn't just mitt romney. this is actually what he really feels in terms of class, in terms of socioeconomic status. we need to stop saying, whoops, and realize that's what he's been saying pretty consistently and these are his policies and values. >> if that's what he believes, that's what he believes. maybe the media are characterizing it as gaffes when it was really what he believes. >> this is mitt. it's what he believes. >> i think he says the same thing. he actually said, that's what i believe. i believe in what i said about the 47%. i didn't mean to disparage anyone, but these are my beliefs. why are you chacterizing it as a gaffe? >> may not thing is the media -- and i'm going to point two boxes to my left to my friend lz, are just characterizing the 47% remark. we can't say, oh, what he says is so bad. it will affect people on an emotional level if you don't appeal to them intellectually. there were intellectual mistakes about mischaracterizing the numbers. it didn't reinforce a year and a half narrat
this isn't just mitt romney. this is actually what he really feels in terms of class, in terms of socioeconomic status. we need to stop saying, whoops, and realize that's what he's been saying pretty consistently and these are his policies and values. >> if that's what he believes, that's what he believes. maybe the media are characterizing it as gaffes when it was really what he believes. >> this is mitt. it's what he believes. >> i think he says the same thing. he actually...
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romney is not quite there yet. but we still have six weeks to go and let's remember, jim acosta, romney endured a bruising months long primary, been campaigning hard for more than a year, perhaps this is the day to ask you, how is he holding up? >> reporter: brooke, i think he's holding up fine. last friday his campaign in addition to putting out the tax return for 2011 put out a letter from his physician declaring the gop nominee to be in excellent health and ready to take on the presidency. so from time to time we heard him sound hoarse. i would say this is nothing more than that. but speaking of raised voices, mitt romney was certainly doing that on the subject of foreign policy here at this event and pueblo, colorado. he went after president obama for some comments that the president made on 60 minutes last night when the president talked about some of the recent unrest in the middle east as being what he called bumps in the road. mitt romney just a few moments ago taking the gloves off really here in pueblo, c
romney is not quite there yet. but we still have six weeks to go and let's remember, jim acosta, romney endured a bruising months long primary, been campaigning hard for more than a year, perhaps this is the day to ask you, how is he holding up? >> reporter: brooke, i think he's holding up fine. last friday his campaign in addition to putting out the tax return for 2011 put out a letter from his physician declaring the gop nominee to be in excellent health and ready to take on the...
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how important is this for mitt romney? >> this is an important moment for mitt romney. i still believe this election is going to be about the economy, wolf. it is not going to be about foreign policy. i think that there are lots of republicans also, including democrats, that believe that mitt romney was too quick to speak, too quick to criticize. he criticized a statement that was issued by the state department and the embassy, not by president obama and took that as president obama apologizing. people say, you know what, he should have waited a little bit. i think it gave the president an opening to use against him. by the way, there is a real issue of our policy post arab spring, particularly with egypt. what mitt romney did was create political show when he could have taken a serious issue to president obama and will do in the future. >> that was issued by one official at the u.s. embassy in cairo that was quickly disavowed. >> doug, how common is it for the challenger, the nonincumbent, the candidate, to be this aggressive in reacting to a foreign policy issue like
how important is this for mitt romney? >> this is an important moment for mitt romney. i still believe this election is going to be about the economy, wolf. it is not going to be about foreign policy. i think that there are lots of republicans also, including democrats, that believe that mitt romney was too quick to speak, too quick to criticize. he criticized a statement that was issued by the state department and the embassy, not by president obama and took that as president obama...
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so progress for governor romney. he needs more. >> in a word, john, literally, can romney now win the presidency? is it within reach? >> reporter: yes. >> and the answer is yes. there you have it. you give the man a word, and he delivers. thanks to john king. the question so many are asking. >>> well, this man cried the night president obama was elected. but does magic johnson still feel the same sense of hope and change as he did in 2008? i spoke to him earlier today. and i asked him that very question. >> yeah, nothing has changed. i'm still a big supporter of president obama. i think that he inherited a mess. it took him a long time to really wrap his arms around the mess. and he's doing a good job of trying to bring the economy back, trying to get us jobs. could he have done a better job? of course. of course. will he do a better job? i think if he gets four more years, i think he will. >> you know, it's interesting, when people look at you, i don't know what they think. they think a lot of things, okay? because
so progress for governor romney. he needs more. >> in a word, john, literally, can romney now win the presidency? is it within reach? >> reporter: yes. >> and the answer is yes. there you have it. you give the man a word, and he delivers. thanks to john king. the question so many are asking. >>> well, this man cried the night president obama was elected. but does magic johnson still feel the same sense of hope and change as he did in 2008? i spoke to him earlier...
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>> mitt romney is not the president. the president of the united states -- the president of the united states should be communicating is that he will take military action. >> no president ever says we're going to bomb you. george w. bush said all options on the table. >> ronald reagan made it pretty clear he was going to take action, he pointed missiles at the soviet union. >> was bush wrong when he didn't say we are going to bomb you, he said all options are on the table. >> this was a long time ago when bush was dealing with iran, they were five, six, seven, eight, nine years from being becoming nuclear. iran now could be months washg a year away, two years away. iran has three times increased the uranium and made it much more enriched than originally. that is a massive change in a very short period of time. and, of course, obama has a bad history of begging to negotiate. wrote a letter to the ayatollah six months to talk to him. >> what would mitt romney do better? he had the same red line as president obama? >> we do
>> mitt romney is not the president. the president of the united states -- the president of the united states should be communicating is that he will take military action. >> no president ever says we're going to bomb you. george w. bush said all options on the table. >> ronald reagan made it pretty clear he was going to take action, he pointed missiles at the soviet union. >> was bush wrong when he didn't say we are going to bomb you, he said all options are on the...
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and she spoke with him exclusively about romney's prospects in that critical state. >> romney will do well in ohio. polls don't decide elections. voters do. and listen, i've been around ohio. i've done this trip around ohio for a lot of presidential races in the past. everyone i think ohioans vote with their wallets. that's why i think romney's going to win on tuesday. >> so, you're confident that he can pull out a win here? >> very confident he's going to win on tuesday about. >> reporter: boehner did admit that the president has gotten traction in ohio because of the auto bailout. he insists not everyone there was for it. no matter what happens on election day, congress and the president have to immediately turn to the issue of the fiscal cliff. the speaker was really pessimistic to cnn about any major effort during the lame duck session to do more than just a temporary fix. he even admitted that could be tough to get through. don? >> dana, thank you. there is, of course, another big pressing story. not just this election. new information on the cleanup of hurricane sandy, next. ñÃ
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why is romney silent on that? >> well, that's not a point of view shared by governor romney. i can tell you that. look, this election isn't about what alan west said. this election is about 23 million americans who are out of work or underemployed and they're working for a president that has the right policies and the right qualifications and experience to lead on the number one issue facing us which is jobs and the economy. you saw what happened in wisconsin, that was first and foremost, a vote of confidence in scott walker's leadership as governor, but what scott walker in wisconsin was to take on big issues and as a result of doing that successfully, he's got the economy moving in the right direction. when governor romney said that elections, co along the border of wisconsin which means americans are looking for that same leadership on the economy and washington. >> because bill clinton says what alan west is saying about these democrats and that they're communists, these are echos from joe mccarthy from the '50s and he would hope that mitt romney would flatly condemn thes
why is romney silent on that? >> well, that's not a point of view shared by governor romney. i can tell you that. look, this election isn't about what alan west said. this election is about 23 million americans who are out of work or underemployed and they're working for a president that has the right policies and the right qualifications and experience to lead on the number one issue facing us which is jobs and the economy. you saw what happened in wisconsin, that was first and foremost,...
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prime minister netanyahu seems to be betting on romney. romney has known him for 35 years. he visited him on the campaign trail in israel. and i even saw one of mitt romney's books on netanyahu's study shelf in jer use lem. he even appears in a pro romney ad in florida. >> the fact is, that every day that passes, iran gets closer and closer to nuclear bombs. >> right now, the candidates are duelling over how to handle the conflict. >> the president's decision not to meet with netanyahu, prime minister of israel when the prime minister is here is a mistake. >> so, you know, governor romney is suggesting that we should start another war, he should say so. >> tonight, the israeli response to iran "outfront." earlier, i spoke with israel's council general in new york and asked him for his reaction to ahmadinejad's comments. >> well, i think it's the wrong framing to look at it as you know, iran versus israel. this is a much larger issue. it's the world, it's the west versus iran. i think that what bothers them, what really threatens them is everything that we stand for. not nec
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mitt romney at a fupd raiser this year. the video was obtained by the left blog mother jones. >> my heritage, my dad, you probably know, was the governor of michigan and was the head of a car company, but he was born in mexico. and had he been born of mexican parents, i'd have a better shot of winning this, but he was -- living in mexico. and he lived in it for a number and he lived there for a number of years. i say that jokingly, but it would be helpful. >> "outfront" tonight, roland martin and john avalon. well, roland, you seem really happy. >> well, no, first of all, i think what this says is this is the m.o. of the republican party when you talk about what romney, he's not going to bother with him. all they want is a bunch of government assistants. >> i'm going to play that one in a second, but let's stick with this one about the latino joke how bad is this for him? is this going to come off as a cist kind of a joke? >> a poll came out today showing he is 53 points down to president obama among latinos. all i'm saying
mitt romney at a fupd raiser this year. the video was obtained by the left blog mother jones. >> my heritage, my dad, you probably know, was the governor of michigan and was the head of a car company, but he was born in mexico. and had he been born of mexican parents, i'd have a better shot of winning this, but he was -- living in mexico. and he lived in it for a number and he lived there for a number of years. i say that jokingly, but it would be helpful. >> "outfront"...
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well today, it looked like it was shining down on mitt romney. a new cnn poll shows the candidate ahead in the sunshine state. it is perhaps the most crucial of the swing states, home to 29 electoral votes. now, the lead is within the margin of error. our last poll in august had the president ahead by four. among women voters, 53% of the electorate in 2008, the president is ahead. but support has dropped dramatically. in august, the president was leading by 12 points and now he is ahead by just two points. that is within the the margin of error. for the 50 plus crowd, they make up about half of the florida population and right now, they are leaning towards mitt romney. 56 to 43% and there was some more good news for romney in florida. there was because the largest newspaper in central florida, the orlando sentinel, endorsed the republican candidate. four years ago, that paper had endorsed president obama and today, the editorial board wrote while the nation's economy is still sputtering, the federal government is more than $5 trillion in debt. it
well today, it looked like it was shining down on mitt romney. a new cnn poll shows the candidate ahead in the sunshine state. it is perhaps the most crucial of the swing states, home to 29 electoral votes. now, the lead is within the margin of error. our last poll in august had the president ahead by four. among women voters, 53% of the electorate in 2008, the president is ahead. but support has dropped dramatically. in august, the president was leading by 12 points and now he is ahead by just...
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obama, 55, romney, 34. as we were going on the air, this is governor romney's new financial disclosure form. it just came out. this is perhaps not fair. some things aren't fair to president obama. is it tough for governor romney when a jobs report comes out and you get a report that he is worth somewhere in the ballpark of $84 million to $206 million. >> not really. if the jobs report continue to be as bad and as blaek, you are going to have arthur davis, one of obama's first supporters, who said i have had enough of the democratic party, they are not doing anything, i am going to change parties, because the democrats are going the wrong way, i do think all these things are going to filter in. it is not what you say or what you do or how much money you have but what you do with the economy. >> i assume you think that is a wild card if you are in a very, very close race. i liked obama but it hasn't gone so well. i don't know about romney but if he better understands me, that's great. >> a massive enthusiasm
obama, 55, romney, 34. as we were going on the air, this is governor romney's new financial disclosure form. it just came out. this is perhaps not fair. some things aren't fair to president obama. is it tough for governor romney when a jobs report comes out and you get a report that he is worth somewhere in the ballpark of $84 million to $206 million. >> not really. if the jobs report continue to be as bad and as blaek, you are going to have arthur davis, one of obama's first supporters,...
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mitt romney hit back at him on that. let's take a look. >> i spent 25 years in business if i had a business executive come to me and said they want to spend a few billion to put a colony on the moon, i'd say you're fired. >> you think that's an example of romney at his best, straight toward and exerting business experience of what he knows. >> i do. it made newt gingrich look foolish and then subliminally, reinforced romney as someone with business credentials, he got to refer to him as a ceo. you want a two-pronged attack, helps you and hurts the other guy. >> it does -- mitt romney does struggle sometimes when if comes to attempts at humor or levity, he made a george costanza reference that felt a little debated. not that there is anything wrong with that. this exchange with rick perry. i want to play that. >> rick, i'll tell you what. $10,000? $10,000 bet. >> i'm not in the betting business. >> oh, okay. okay. >> that clearly got a lot of pickup. one of the dangers of offscript moments for a candidate like mitt romney
mitt romney hit back at him on that. let's take a look. >> i spent 25 years in business if i had a business executive come to me and said they want to spend a few billion to put a colony on the moon, i'd say you're fired. >> you think that's an example of romney at his best, straight toward and exerting business experience of what he knows. >> i do. it made newt gingrich look foolish and then subliminally, reinforced romney as someone with business credentials, he got to refer...
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romney? >> well, it was -- obviously it was a one-on-one conversation. i know a little about it. they talked about what prime minister netanyahu meant about red lines, what his views were on the current state of play with iran. governor romney also sought out the prime minister's views on developments in the arab world. there is this sense of an unraveling going on right now throughout the middle east in many capitals, poses a threat to the united states. it poses real threats to israel on its borders and he just wanted his state of play. understand this is a relationship, piers. prime minister netanyahu and governor romney go back a number of decades. they worked together in business when they were both graduates from business school. they've kept in touch over the years. so prime minister netanyahu is someone that the governor reaches out to from time to time just to get his perspectives on the region and he certainly felt that given what's going on right now, in addition to the iranian cri
romney? >> well, it was -- obviously it was a one-on-one conversation. i know a little about it. they talked about what prime minister netanyahu meant about red lines, what his views were on the current state of play with iran. governor romney also sought out the prime minister's views on developments in the arab world. there is this sense of an unraveling going on right now throughout the middle east in many capitals, poses a threat to the united states. it poses real threats to israel...
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mitt romney can't win. he spoke out as a leader by a really ridiculous statement by the state department for 16 hours. all of a sudden he gets criticized. i mean the administration was clearly wrong about the level of security needed for that ambassador and consulate. and you had nancy pelosi saying they had enough security. if they're as wrong about that as that, we're in serious trouble. >> let me return to the issue of economy. when you look at a new york times/cbs poll, this was about the probable electorate and the question was which candidate would do a better job of handling the economy and unemployment. president obama, 47%, mitt romney, 46%. your candidate has lost the edge when it comes to the economy. if the economy is as bad as republicans have told us it is, what is holding mitt romney back here because from your description of the economy, others' description of the economy, this really should be a president that doesn't have a chance and yet he's beating mitt romney. >> there's no such thing
mitt romney can't win. he spoke out as a leader by a really ridiculous statement by the state department for 16 hours. all of a sudden he gets criticized. i mean the administration was clearly wrong about the level of security needed for that ambassador and consulate. and you had nancy pelosi saying they had enough security. if they're as wrong about that as that, we're in serious trouble. >> let me return to the issue of economy. when you look at a new york times/cbs poll, this was about...
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a hail mary pass from mitt romney. pastor jeffers says evangelical voters hold the key to romney's victory. he's the pastor of the first baptist church in dallas. he now supports mitt romney and is here tonight. okay, so let's start with this. what is the secret that's going to turn it around for mitt romney? >> insanity's doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. up to this point, the strategy has been to just talk about the economy. don't get off on the social issues. this isn't working out well. the economy, because the economy's improving with the housing prices yesterday, consumer sentiment up yesterday and also, it fails to recognize that many of republican base, many of them, are social conservatives who care about the economy, but we also care about the moral and spiritual deterioration of our country and i believe that romney needs to speak out and show the distinction between the democrat form, which is embrace gay marriage, doubled down on abortion, which waffled about on whet
a hail mary pass from mitt romney. pastor jeffers says evangelical voters hold the key to romney's victory. he's the pastor of the first baptist church in dallas. he now supports mitt romney and is here tonight. okay, so let's start with this. what is the secret that's going to turn it around for mitt romney? >> insanity's doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. up to this point, the strategy has been to just talk about the economy. don't get off on the...
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now, mitt romney has never made that claim. this is coming from a report making all kinds of arguments. and he's made all kinds of a assumptions that the romney campaign has rejected. also puts harvey rosen, you can also generate enough growth to avoid a middle class tax increase. there are a loft credible folks saying something else. it's a fact he's going to raise middle class tax. >> the obama campaign, david plouffe is a chris christie of the campaign saying their campaign is built on a tripod of lies and the president has said sometimes they just make things up. >> last i checked, isn't this called politics? you have lying all the time in politics. it is our responsibility to call folks out on it. on my tv 1 show, i have a segment called the biggest damn lie. >> that's got to be a very tough line to draw. >> some lies are much bigger than the others. you have to call folks out on it. here's the problem i have when it comes to a debate. when you hear lies on a debate, they should be called on out on the spot. when you hear
now, mitt romney has never made that claim. this is coming from a report making all kinds of arguments. and he's made all kinds of a assumptions that the romney campaign has rejected. also puts harvey rosen, you can also generate enough growth to avoid a middle class tax increase. there are a loft credible folks saying something else. it's a fact he's going to raise middle class tax. >> the obama campaign, david plouffe is a chris christie of the campaign saying their campaign is built on...
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i -- how do you graciously, if you're mitt romney, give in here? >> well, there's no gracious way to give in anymore, because he's had his back up against the wall for so long. but there still is the opportunity to give in, get it out there and move on for him. i mean, you know, those of us who have, you know, gone to kind of crisis communications 101 have taken those -- 101 course of crisis communications understand that you've got something that you don't think people are going to like, the best thing you can do is get it out there and get it over with. meanwhile, mitt romney, u notice, continues to dance around the subject and dance around the subject, giving us lots to talk about on cable tv, speculating what's in it, speculating what might be in it. it's fun for us. >> one night of aggressive hits on the low tax rate in 2009 or whatever it might be and then you move on. >> look, it's got to be -- it's definitely going to be more than one night. here's the issue erin. he is right to say that this is a distraction. but the problem is that that's
i -- how do you graciously, if you're mitt romney, give in here? >> well, there's no gracious way to give in anymore, because he's had his back up against the wall for so long. but there still is the opportunity to give in, get it out there and move on for him. i mean, you know, those of us who have, you know, gone to kind of crisis communications 101 have taken those -- 101 course of crisis communications understand that you've got something that you don't think people are going to like,...
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what will an obama-romney debate look like? >> i mean, i debated mitt maybe 11, 12 times in 2007, going into 2008. always did well. he won some of the debates, never lost one. he's a very, very sound, very comfortable debater. we know the president is. the president is an extraordinarily smart man. and they're very similar. they're both a little wankish. they like to get into the weeds a lot. they both want to understand very deeply what the policies are. they're both going to be enormously well prepared and i think they're very important. but ultimately i think the economy is going to decide this election. assuming no one of them wins or loses by a big margin in the debates, which i think they're going to be pretty even. this is going to come down to america's view of the economy and whether they want to give president obama four more years. if things remain the way they seem to be on friday with the unemployment numbers, i think the president has a hard time asking for four more years. >> but as far as those up decided voters
what will an obama-romney debate look like? >> i mean, i debated mitt maybe 11, 12 times in 2007, going into 2008. always did well. he won some of the debates, never lost one. he's a very, very sound, very comfortable debater. we know the president is. the president is an extraordinarily smart man. and they're very similar. they're both a little wankish. they like to get into the weeds a lot. they both want to understand very deeply what the policies are. they're both going to be...
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they have done a good job, unfair, raising questions about mitt romney and paul ryan, and romney-ryan has to overcome that. if you look at the fundamentals, 43 months of unemployment of 8 plus. no president stayed president with these numbers of unemployment. haven't had something like this since the great depression. >> why isn't he doing better. let me in the final moments ask you whether you believe that the romney campaign, that mitt romney needs to come out and say specifically here is what i would do to reform the tax code. here are the loopholes i would close. does he need to be more specific? does he need to give a foreign policy speech? the wrap from a lot of republicans, there's no real alternative out there. does he need to do that? >> these are a bunch of republicans running scared because romney is not ahead by 10 or 15 points, which would be totally unrealistic. he is running a perfectly fine campaign. this is the level of specificity american candidates usually give in a campaign. my goodness, president obama wasn't terribly specific four years ago when he told us -- he
they have done a good job, unfair, raising questions about mitt romney and paul ryan, and romney-ryan has to overcome that. if you look at the fundamentals, 43 months of unemployment of 8 plus. no president stayed president with these numbers of unemployment. haven't had something like this since the great depression. >> why isn't he doing better. let me in the final moments ask you whether you believe that the romney campaign, that mitt romney needs to come out and say specifically here...
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i like governor huntsman, i like governor romney. i think governor romney is doing a better job it this time than he did last time. he's moor comfortable and seems to be willing to take some of the heat you get if you stand up to people in your own party that you think are in his case too far to the right. but i don't know who is going to win. i'm not surprised that congresswoman bachmann's off to a good start because she's a compelling public figure. i don't agree with her on a lot of thing, but i think she comes across as real. and they've got other candidates that are quite good. i don't think we can tell yet. we have to let it play out. the main they think i want to do -- look, i had two republican governors here at this conference. former chairman of the democratic party bought a car plant in china and moved to america and he put the first one in mississippi with haley barbour, the former chairman of the republican party. if he would do more of this in waup washington, we'd get further. i'm just trying to solve practical problem
i like governor huntsman, i like governor romney. i think governor romney is doing a better job it this time than he did last time. he's moor comfortable and seems to be willing to take some of the heat you get if you stand up to people in your own party that you think are in his case too far to the right. but i don't know who is going to win. i'm not surprised that congresswoman bachmann's off to a good start because she's a compelling public figure. i don't agree with her on a lot of thing,...
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and one question that hopefully will come up, is asking mitt romney this. he didn't agree on a sequester, as he just said. he wants to increase defense spending to 4% of gdp. one estimate says that would be another $100 billion. we're not spending now extra in 2013. he wants to keep some of the benefits of the health care reform. he said the other day, including people staying on, their parents' insurance and preexisting conditions. but he wants to get rid of the individual mandate. he wants to cut taxes by 20%. i could add all that up and say my gosh, this guy is not a fiscal conservative. he's going spend a whole lot more money. >> well, erin, i think there has been some misunderstanding about some of his plans and the biggest one is the tax relief you talked about. he's not talking about tax cuts of 20%, he's talking about reducing the marginal rate to 20%, in a revenue-neutral way. it's not a tax cut, it's tax reform. and economists across the spectrum, right, left or center, will tell you that's going to grow the economy and create jobs. as a result, h
and one question that hopefully will come up, is asking mitt romney this. he didn't agree on a sequester, as he just said. he wants to increase defense spending to 4% of gdp. one estimate says that would be another $100 billion. we're not spending now extra in 2013. he wants to keep some of the benefits of the health care reform. he said the other day, including people staying on, their parents' insurance and preexisting conditions. but he wants to get rid of the individual mandate. he wants to...
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i wanted to play it. >> i want to talk to you about women. >> and about mitt romney. >> mitt romney's for ending funding to planned parenthood, including cancer screenings. he said he'd overturn roe v. wade. >> we have republicans trying to redefine rape. >> trying to force women to undergo invasive ultrasounds. >> vote for president obama. >> that's a powerful ad that you did. do you think you can be for women and vote for mitt romney? >> it's a powerful ad you did. >> yes. can you be for mitt romney? >> i think it's pretty hard. you can make an argument about the economic issues. although if you look at his economic plan, it doesn't really help most women. but you can -- economic issue. you can lie about it. say i didn't really mean a $5 trillion tax cut and i'm not really going to tell you how i'm going to pay for it. and all of that. when it comes to women's reproductive health care, you can't lie. you can either say i'm for a woman's right to choose and i'm not. and romney is very clearly for women's right to choose. one of the few things that is very rarely talked about in presi
i wanted to play it. >> i want to talk to you about women. >> and about mitt romney. >> mitt romney's for ending funding to planned parenthood, including cancer screenings. he said he'd overturn roe v. wade. >> we have republicans trying to redefine rape. >> trying to force women to undergo invasive ultrasounds. >> vote for president obama. >> that's a powerful ad that you did. do you think you can be for women and vote for mitt romney? >> it's a...